HEB. 11:1. NOW FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN. _ Blank Bible: _ "Vid. No. 66 - the word ?p?stas?? here used signifies confidence in 2 Corinthians 9:4; 2 Corinthians 11:17 and (?) concerning the meaning of the word substance or ?p?stas?? in this see Owen... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 11:2-3. FOR BY IT THE ELDERS OBTAINED A GOOD REPORT. THROUGH FAITH WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE WORLDS WERE FRAMED BY THE WORD OF GOD, SO THAT THINGS WHICH ARE SEEN WERE NOT MADE OF THINGS WHICH DO APPEAR. _ Blank Bible: _ "See Owen in Loc. p. 12 and p. 14 at place marked in the margin." It is disa... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 11:4. BY FAITH ABEL OFFERED UNTO GOD A MORE EXCELLENT SACRIFICE THAN CAIN, BY WHICH HE OBTAINED WITNESS THAT HE WAS RIGHTEOUS, GOD TESTIFYING OF HIS GIFTS: AND BY IT HE BEING DEAD YET SPEAKETH. _ Blank Bible:_ "[4] see note on Gen. 4:3, 4 pp. 453. B.3. and _by it he being dead yet speaketh_]... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 11:5. BY FAITH ENOCH WAS TRANSLATED THAT HE SHOULD NOT SEE DEATH; AND WAS NOT FOUND, BECAUSE GOD HAD TRANSLATED HIM; FOR BEFORE HIS TRANSLATION HE HAD THIS TESTIMONY, THAT HE PLEASED GOD. _ Blank Bible: _ "[5.6] see p. 698. _H." Hebrews 11:5; Hebrews 11:6 - _Before his translation he had thi... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 11:6. BUT WITHOUT FAITH (IT IS) IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE (HIM); FOR HE THAT COMETH TO GOD MUST BELIEVE THAT HE IS, AND (THAT) HE IS A REWARDER OF THEM THAT DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM. _ Blank Bible: _ 6. - _He that cometh to God]_ i.e. that has real access admittance and acceptance comes so as to be tr... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 11:7. BY FAITH NOAH, BEING WARNED OF GOD OF THINGS NOT SEEN AS YET, MOVED WITH FEAR, PREPARED AN ARK TO THE SAVING OF HIS HOUSE; BY THE WHICH HE CONDEMNED THE WORLD, AND BECAME HEIR OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS BY FAITH. One of the most influential early awakening sermons was based on Genesi... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 11:8. BY FAITH ABRAHAM, WHEN HE WAS CALLED TO GO OUT INTO A PLACE WHICH HE SHOULD AFTER RECEIVE FOR AN INHERITANCE, OBEYED; AND HE WENT OUT, NOT KNOWING WHITHER HE WENT. Here, too, Edwards finds evidence to confirm his (Paul's) doctrine of justification by faith alone, was not Abraham's firs... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 11:9-10. BY FAITH HE SOJOURNED IN THE LAND OF PROMISE, AS (IN) A STRANGE COUNTRY, DWELLING IN TABERNACLES WITH ISAAC AND JACOB, THE HEIRS WITH HIM OF THE SAME PROMISE: FOR HE LOOKED FOR A CITY WHICH HATH FOUNDATIONS, WHOSE BUILDER AND MAKER (IS) GOD. In "Observations Concerning Faith": § 48.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 11:11. THROUGH FAITH ALSO SARAH HERSELF RECEIVED STRENGTH TO CONCEIVE SEED, AND WAS DELIVERED OF A CHILD WHEN SHE WAS PAST AGE, BECAUSE SHE JUDGED HIM FAITHFUL WHO HAD PROMISED. This text is seen as: Another remarkable confirmation and promise God gave Abraham of the covenant of grace was hi... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 11:12-13. THEREFORE SPRANG THERE EVEN OF ONE, AND HIM AS GOOD AS DEAD, (SO MANY) AS THE STARS OF THE SKY IN MULTITUDE, AND AS THE SAND WHICH IS BY THE SEA SHORE INNUMERABLE. THESE ALL DIED IN FAITH, NOT HAVING RECEIVED THE PROMISES, BUT HAVING SEEN THEM AFAR OFF, AND WERE PERSUADED OF (THEM),... [ Continue Reading ]
One of Edwards' most famous and most loved sermons was on Hebrews 11:13-14, "This life ought so to be spent by us to be only a journey toward heaven." THE TRUE CHRISTIAN LIFE, A JOURNEY TOWARDS HEAVEN Hebrews 11:13; Hebrews 11:14, _"And confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 11:14-15. FOR THEY THAT SAY SUCH THINGS DECLARE PLAINLY THAT THEY SEEK A COUNTRY. AND TRULY, IF THEY HAD BEEN MINDFUL OF THAT (COUNTRY) FROM WHENCE THEY CAME OUT, THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE RETURNED. Heb. 11:16... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 11:16. BUT NOW THEY DESIRE A BETTER (COUNTRY), THAT IS, A HEAVENLY: WHEREFORE GOD IS NOT ASHAMED TO BE CALLED THEIR GOD: FOR HE HATH PREPARED FOR THEM A CITY. In October 1751, in Northampton, a year and several months after his dismissal from the pastorate, Edwards preached on this poignant th... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 11:17. BY FAITH ABRAHAM, WHEN HE WAS TRIED, OFFERED UP ISAAC; AND HE THAT HAD RECEIVED THE PROMISES OFFERED UP HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN (SON), This text illustrates for Edwards a renewal of the covenant of grace with Abraham. Again another remarkable pledge that God gave Abraham of the fulfillment... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 11:18-22. OF WHOM IT WAS SAID, THAT IN ISAAC SHALL THY SEED BE CALLED: ACCOUNTING THAT GOD (WAS) ABLE TO RAISE (HIM) UP, EVEN FROM THE DEAD; FROM WHENCE ALSO HE RECEIVED HIM IN A FIGURE. BY FAITH ISAAC BLESSED JACOB AND ESAU CONCERNING THINGS TO COME. BY FAITH JACOB, WHEN HE WAS A DYING, BLESSE... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 11:23. BY FAITH MOSES, WHEN HE WAS BORN, WAS HID THREE MONTHS OF HIS PARENTS, BECAUSE THEY SAW (HE WAS) A PROPER CHILD; AND THEY WERE NOT AFRAID OF THE KING'S COMMANDMENT. _ Blank Bible:_ "See Dr. Owen in Loc. p. 106, 107, 108 at the places marked in the margin." Not only Moses but his paren... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 11:24. BY FAITH MOSES, WHEN HE WAS COME TO YEARS, REFUSED TO BE CALLED THE SON OF PHAROAH'S DAUGHTER; 24] vid note on Exodus 2:11. Heb. 11:25-26... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 11:25-26. CHOOSING RATHER TO SUFFER AFFLICTION WITH THE PEOPLE OF GOD, THAN TO ENJOY THE PLEASURES OF SIN FOR A SEASON; ESTEEMING THE REPROACH OF CHRIST GREATER RICHES THAN THE TREASURES IN EGYPT: FOR HE HAD RESPECT UNTO THE RECOMPENSE OF THE REWARD. Heb. 11:27... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 11:27. BY FAITH HE FORSOOK EGYPT, NOT FEARING THE WRATH OF THE KING: FOR HE ENDURED, AS SEEING HIM WHO IS INVISIBLE. _ Blank Bible:_ "_ He endured._] In the original ecarterhse which Dr. Doddridge translates _he was strengthened._ "_ "_ Heb. 11:28-31... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 11:28-31. THROUGH FAITH HE KEPT THE PASSOVER, AND THE SPRINKLING OF BLOOD, LEST HE THAT DESTROYED THE FIRSTBORN SHOULD TOUCH THEM. BY FAITH THEY PASSED THROUGH THE RED SEA AS BY DRY (LAND): WHICH THE EGYPTIANS ASSAYING TO DO WERE DROWNED. BY FAITH THE WALLS OF JERICHO FELL DOWN, AFTER THEY WERE... [ Continue Reading ]
Heb. 11:32 HEBREWS 11:32. AND WHAT SHALL I MORE SAY? FOR THE TIME WOULD FAIL ME TO TELL OF GIDEON, AND (OF) BARAK, AND (OF) SAMSON, AND (OF) JEPHTHAH; (OF) DAVID ALSO, AND SAMUEL, AND (OF) THE PROPHETS: This text is evidence that Rahab the harlot was justified by faith. And in the other instance... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 11:33-35. WHO THROUGH FAITH SUBDUED KINGDOMS, WROUGHT RIGHTEOUSNESS, OBTAINED PROMISES, STOPPED THE MOUTHS OF LIONS, QUENCHED THE VIOLENCE OF FIRE, ESCAPED THE EDGE OF THE SWORD, OUT OF WEAKNESS WERE MADE STRONG, WAXED VALIANT IN FIGHT, TURNED TO FLIGHT THE ARMIES OF THE ALIENS. WOMEN RECEIVED... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 11:36. AND OTHERS HAD TRIAL OF (CRUEL) MOCKINGS AND SCOURGINGS, YEA, MOREOVER OF BONDS AND IMPRISONMENT: These episodes also are incorporated into _The History of Redemption :_ But the most wonderful preservation of of them all, in this period, was under the cruel persecution of Antiochus Epi... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 11:38-40. OF WHOM THE WORLD WAS NOT WORTHY: THEY WANDERED IN DESERTS, AND (IN) MOUNTAINS, AND (IN) DENS AND CAVES OF THE EARTH. AND THESE ALL, HAVING OBTAINED A GOOD REPORT THROUGH FAITH, RECEIVED NOT THE PROMISE: GOD HAVING PROVIDED SOME BETTER THING FOR US, THAT THEY WITHOUT US SHOULD NOT BE... [ Continue Reading ]